Dendrelaphis wickrorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species: Dendrelaphis wickrorum

Name

Dendrelaphis wickrorum Danushka, Kanishka, Amarasinghe, Vogel & Seneviratne, 2020: 90

• Holotype: BMNH 1905.3.25.98, adult ♂, collected by collector and the date unknown .
• Type locality: “Punduloya, 4,000 ft, Ceylon (= Pundaluoya, Sri Lanka, 7°00′47″ N, 80°39′47″ E; alt. 1,060 m a.s.l.), Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka”.

References

Primary references

• Danushka, A.D., Kanishka, A.S., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Vogel, G. & Seneviratne, S.S. 2020. A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from the wet zone of Sri Lanka with a redescription of Dendrelaphis bifrenalis (Boulenger, 1890). Taprobanica 9(1): 83–102. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.224 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Wickramasinghes' Bronze-back